My first thought is that the idea of a parrot-pigeon hybrid is so profoundly ridiculous that there's no way anybody could have believed that or come up with that. Then I realized, that I'm wrong. There are people that believe two very distantly related vertebrates from not only two different species and genera, but also two different families could possibly produce a hybrid and that the hybrid would look 100% like one of the parents in every morphologically and taxonomically significant way, with the exception of some very unusual and likely artificial coloring that doesn't even look like the coloring of one of the other supposed parents.

Many, many years ago, when D1vwife had a cat (all white) I ran across some markers filled with food coloring/dye. From that day on the cat was always colored with whatever color scheme was appropriate for the season (orange and black for Halloween, Red and Green for Christmas, etc.)

The cat didn't mind, and since her primary job was to lie on the windowsill and snooze I figured she might as well be decorative.

Many, many years ago, when D1vwife had a cat (all white) I ran across some markers filled with food coloring/dye. From that day on the cat was always colored with whatever color scheme was appropriate for the season (orange and black for Halloween, Red and Green for Christmas, etc.)

The cat didn't mind, and since her primary job was to lie on the windowsill and snooze I figured she might as well be decorative.